Olympics 2012

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Will you be watching? Where? With who? Which event are you most excited about watching? Anyone in specific you're cheering for?

I've always loved watching the Olympics. People get all excited about their own countries!

I love everything that has to do with Athletics and Gymnastics, so I'll try to watch that as much as I can! Swimming can also be fun to watch, but that's because the Dutchies tend to do quite well.

I'll be watching the first week in The Netherlands, but I don't think me and my boyfriend will actually be sitting in front of the tv much then. Probably in the mornings though! When I go back to Norway I won't have much time either, because I'll be working every day again. Oh well, I'm sure there will be reruns of events that I could watch. :)

I always watch Gymnastics (because we kick ass, but this year one of our most promising girls got an injury this week) and Swimming. This year I'll also watch a few Tennis matches, mostly because our girls play the Williams sisters in their first game, and that's gonna be it :D

A dude I went to high school with is gonna be in the Olympics with no national sponsorship, since he's a refugee from Sudan and doesn't have US citizenshipdom yet. Other than finding that awesome, and wishing every other athlete threw off their national colors, I'll probably be watching the same amount I watched last time; sobre five minutes worth.

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I have to admit I didn't watch all of it, I stopped after the Athletes' moment, because it was too late at night. I saw footage of the fireworks though, and I have to say they were amazing. In fact the whole ceremony (what I saw, over half of it) was great.

Aw, they have sword fighting in the olympics? I just found they have gun shooting, too. And archery. And fire! I had no idea how violent they are. Last night, I ended up somehow watching a bunch of clips of gymnasts falling on their necks. I remember being a little kid and watching people just run and jump as hard as they could into a sand pit...some went legs first like a drop kick, others nose dove and came out all sandy-faced with sand all over their heads. And there was this one black guy who kept getting hurt somehow. He would dive through the sand, then lay there for a minute, then come out crying with sand all over his head, and I knew he was going to get hurt every time he came on and I had no idea what the point of the game was but I wanted to do it so I went outside and played Olympic sand diving. It sucked. Was this game actually real or did I dream it?

Watched the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in the town square in front of Paris city hall. The British ambassador was there. The opening was AMAZING!!! Met some British girls and they were so happy with it.

The only access I have to the Olympics is on Eurosport, and all the talking is in German. that's fine, though, all I need is to watch. :)

Watched the opening ceremonies of the Olympics in the town square in front of Paris city hall. The British ambassador was there. The opening was AMAZING!!! Met some British girls and they were so happy with it.

The only access I have to the Olympics is on Eurosport, and all the talking is in German. that's fine, though, all I need is to watch. :)

Yeah, it's probably best you can't understand what they are saying. The NBC announcers were getting on my nerves. One of them kept making inappropriate/negative remarks about each country that was walking in.

Yesterday I spent all day on the sofa watching Olympics coverage. I shed some tears for GB 2-time Gold Medalist Rebecca Adlington, she's my sporting hero and I was so happy for her to get a Bronze medal in the swimming. I've also really enjoyed watching the beach volleyball.

Right now I'm watching GB's 18 year old weight lifter, Zoe Smith, kicking some serious ass.

The athletes have no identities, they are just flags. When the flag wins, we all live vicariously through this nameless person representing us. Thank you, athlete I don't know, for proving how awesome I/We am!

Hey, I know those who compete in fencing, judo and gymnastics. They're about the only people on sports news besides football players. Of course that's a shame, but apparently our tv stations think it's more important to know who footballer X is dating and what club owner Y said about player Z's new haircut.

The athletes have no identities, they are just flags. When the flag wins, we all live vicariously through this nameless person representing us. Thank you, athlete I don't know, for proving how awesome I/We am!

Britain just got fucked out of a Silver medal and Ukraine got fucked out of a bronze. Japan was in fourth, when really, they should have been 5th. 2 of their competitors fell off of the pommel horse, and they submitted an "inquiry" and the judges changed the score and so then ended up in second. It's total shit.

I saw a good portion of the opening ceremony, it was weeeeird. I'm at the bar right now and what I think is water polo is on tv, but I'm not really watching. According to Sean our men's gymnastics team took first in the prelimenaries and looks really good, so I might try to catch some of that.

I joked about them doing a Peter Pan bit because my mom asked why there were children in pajamas sure enough the next act was Second from the Right and Straight on to Morning or whatever. I didn't understand why they had to go overboard with the villains and nightmare with those crazy ape looking things.

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